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Newsletter
Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic

I/2012 (EN)

Dear Colleagues,

please let me introduce you the new format of the Czech Healthy Cities Newsletter
which brings you monthly short news and highligts, this time covering mainly
the period of Januar - March 2012. You will find here interesting info from Czech Healthy
Cities and their association - our activities, projects and also upcoming events.

(NOTE: Some of the website links are available only in Czech, in that case
you can use the Google Translate toolbar, which can be found on the left side
of the HCCZ web page.)

I believe that this new HCCZ Newsletter will be for you an interesting and useful
source of information and inspiration from Czech Healthy Cities, Municipalities and Regions.

Petr Svec
HCCZ Director and National Healthy City Project Coordinator


Information and updates

European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012

The opening conference on European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 in the Czech Republic has taken place in Prague, in the building of Černínský Palace on March 1, 2012. The event has been organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs with a support from the part of European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic. The event has been opened by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Jaromír Drábek, followed by a number of interesting guests and organisations. Practical examples from the practice of municipalities and regions have been also presented by the representatives of the Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic, who also mentioned the international programme of "Senior-friendly Cities" which is open to all municipalities and which is covered by this association in the CZ with Governmental support.

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The Healthy Cities have been awarded by the Ministry of Interior for quality and innovation in public administration

The Ministry of Interior annually awards the successful procedures of local self-administrations in the field of public administration quality. Members of the Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic had a strong presence among the awarded parties for 2011. Application of Local Agenda 21 (LA21) as one of efficient methods of quality in public administration has been awarded within Ministry of Interior Awards for Quality and Innovation.

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In Prague there were two meetings for various types of municipalities: Regions / Prague city districts

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London hosted the international "Round table" dedicated to the issue of sustainability of cities

The international ICLEI organisation, whose main objective lies in the support of collaboration of cities in activities related with sustainable development, within the project "Informed Cities" organises regular "Round Tables" that should help to connect the results of newest researches and common practice in municipalities. The Round Table that took place on February 16th and 17th in London followed the autumn meeting in Naples, Italy, whose participants discussed the measurement of sustainability of cities in collaboration with research organisations. The Round Table in London, from the CZ attended by representatives of the Ministry of the Environment and Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic, primarily dealt with the prepared UN World Summit on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro - a conference on sustainable development that follows the Earth Summit of 1992 and is referred to as "Rio+20".

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Coming soon

What national events are being prepared by HCCZ for the upcoming period?

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The Newsletter is published by Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic, contact: HCCZ Office.
HCCZ Newsletter is available at https://www.healthycities.cz/newsletter
The photographs used come from the HCCZ and its members archives.
© HCCZ, 2012

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